§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in theOfficial Report the number of trainees entering nursing for the state registered nurse and registered general nurse course in Wales for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. GristThe information is not available centrally in the form requested. The Department holds information only on the number of people in training at any one time. Information on the number in training in September in each year is given in the following table:
State Registered Nurse State Enrolled Nurse 1978 2,168 1,284 1979 2,347 1,227 1980 2,306 1,294 1981 2,676 1,378 1982 2,641 1,256 1983 2,661 1,080 1984 2,670 983 1985 2,639 852 1986 2,693 776 1987 2,769 879